Stella And Ruby The One And Only Ivan

Ivan likes ruby and her fondness for elephant jokes and his regard for her coupled with his love for stella inspires him to pull out all the stops to help get her out of the mall and into the zoo.

Stella and ruby the one and only ivan.

A gorilla named ivan tries to piece together his past with the help of an elephant named stella as they hatch a plan to escape from captivity this is a low key but high stakes movie as a group of animals languishing in a shopping mall circus are awakened by dreams of real freedom. On her death bed stella asks ivan to look after the young ruby. When he climbs a tree he spots ruby in another enclosure surrounded by other elephants a confirmation that he s fulfilled his promise to stella. While ivan sacrifices plenty for the good of ruby stella suffers quietly and without protest until her passing becomes the impetus for ivan to change the world for the better for ruby.

In the last chapter of the one and only ivan julia visits ivan and she smuggles bob in as well. After stella s death ivan begins to remember his life before the big top mall and what it was like to have freedom if only to have stories to tell to ruby. Unfortunately stella has to die for change to occur in the book. However things become difficult for ivan the gorilla when mack begins to train ruby to become a professional performer.

The one and only ivan is a delightful magical tale that was a must read for this summer. Despite all the negative news in relation to covid 19 the one and only ivan will lift your spirits and. Read chaka khan who plays henrietta on the one and only ivan says they have lot in common. The one and only ivan read more.

Ivan encourages ruby the elephant.